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The Weekend Backpack Program™
The
Food Bank’s Weekend Backpack Program provides food insecure children with a bag of
nutritious child-friendly food for them to take home over the weekends,
when they might otherwise go hungry.
Nearly 1,500 children in 37 elementary schools in Springfield and across the Ozarks benefit from this innovative, life-saving program that began in 2003. Download the one-sheet to share or the booklet of testimonials from child participants.
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Springfield Schools (18)
Bingham Elementary**
Bissett Elementary
Bowerman Elementary
Boyd Elementary
Campbell Elementary*
Delaware Elementary**
Holland Elementary
McGregor Elementary
Portland Elementary
Robberson Elementary
Sunshine Elementary**
Truman Elementary**
Watkins Elementary
Weaver Elementary*
Weller Elementary*
Westport Elementary*
Williams Elementary*
York Elementary |
Outlying Area Schools (19)
Bakersfield Elementary
Central Park Elementary
Columbian Elementary
Emerson Elementary
Fair Play Elementary
Fairview Elementary
Hollister Elementary**
Hubble Elementary
Hurley Elementary
Lutie Elementary
Mallory Elementary
Marion C. Early Elementary
Mark Twain Elementary
Monett Elementary
Mount Vernon Elementary
Richards Elementary
Skyline Elementary**
Taneyville Elementary
Thornfield Elementary |
**New in 2012–13
*Increased backpacks in 2012–13 |
Please read more heart-wrenching testimonials below!
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Click to see what program administrators, volunteers and parents are saying:
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Click to see what the actual participant children are sharing:
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Note:
Ozarks Food Harvest prefers monetary donations for the Weekend Backpack Program™ because The Food Bank must purchase specific items at a bulk, discounted rate.
Heartfelt thanks to the following major funding partners:
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